Category: Market News

Mar 08
Mullen Automotive stock surges again, has now more than doubled since snapping record losing streak

Shares of Mullen Automotive Inc. MULN, +20.75% charged 16.1% higher in very active morning trading Tuesday. The electric vehicle maker’s stock has already traded in a range of up 6.6% at the intraday low of $1.13, to up 35.8% at the high of $1.44, as trading volume bulged to 85.7 million shares. On Monday, the […]

Mar 08
Caterpillar stock jumps to lead the Dow's gainers after Jefferies calls it a 'strong hedge' against commodity inflation

Shares of Caterpillar Inc. CAT, +4.33% shot up 4.7% toward a six-week high in morning trading Tuesday after the construction and mining equipment company was upgraded at Jefferies, with analyst Stephen Volkmann saying the company has historically been a “strong hedge” to commodity and general inflation. The stock’s rally was enough to pace the Dow […]

Mar 08
Chevron stock rises into record territory again, heads for longest win streak in 3 1/2 years

Shares of Chevron Corp. CVX, +2.14% rose 0.3% in premarket trading Tuesday into record territory, to put them on track for the longest win streak in 3 1/2 years. The rally comes as oil prices CL00, +2.01% continue their surge to the highest levels in more than a decade as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and […]

Mar 08
Michael Kors CEO to leave the company

Capri Holdings Ltd. CPRI, -15.36% announced Monday that Joshua Schulman, chief executive of Michael Kors, is leaving the company. Schulman had been announced as the next chief executive of Capri, which is also the parent company to Versace and Jimmy Choo, effective September 2022. Capri gave no further information about the leadership change. John Idol, […]

Mar 08
U.S. oil futures up more than 3% on talk of ban on Russian oil

Oil futures rallied on Monday, with U.S. prices scoring a gain of more than 3% as the U.S. and Britain considered a ban on Russia oil. It’s possible that Russia energy supplies to Europe could be cut by either side, said Jon Maier, chief investment officer at Global X. “The short-term impact would be painful […]

Mar 08
White House says 'no decision' made on banning Russian oil imports

President Joe Biden has not made a decision about banning Russian oil imports into the U.S., White House press secretary Jen Psaki said on Monday. “No decision has been made at this point by the president about a ban on importing oil from Russia,” Psaki told reporters at a regular briefing. Psaki said discussions about […]

Mar 08
Costco has chartered 7 ships for the next 3 years to increase supply chain flexibility

Over the next three years, Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, +0.57% will charter seven ships, up from three previously, in order to increase its supply chain flexibility. The company has also leased containers for use on these ships, which will transport goods between Asia, the U.S. and Canada. “With these additions, about a quarter of our […]

Mar 08
Nasdaq Composite enters bear market, and Dow tumbles 800 points to enter correction as Ukraine crisis worsens

U.S. stocks got pounded on Monday as surging commodity prices delivered a fresh blow to Wall Street bulls, with investors reeling from the impact of Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions leveled against Moscow in response to its military aggressions. Monday’s decline in stocks resulted in a bear market for the Nasdaq Composite […]

Mar 08
ThredUp stock falls more than 11% after mixed quarter, guidance

ThredUp Inc. TDUP, +7.55% shares fell more than 11% in the extended session Monday after the secondhand retailer posted mixed quarterly results and guided for lower first-quarter sales. ThredUp said it lost $17.9 million, or 18 cents a share, in the fourth quarter, compared with a loss of $17 million, or $1.33 a share, for […]

Mar 07
Calvin Klein parent PVH closes stores, halts operations in Russia, Belarus

PVH Corp. PVH, -15.37% said late Monday that as a result of the war in Ukraine it was temporarily closing stores and pausing operations in Russia and Belarus, effective Monday. PVH, the parent company of Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and others, suspended its e-commerce sites in Russia last week. The company said it had about […]